Safety attachment for watch-pockets.



No. 866,744. PATENTED SEPT. 24,1907. M. M. STRAUSS.

SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR WATCH, POGKETS. AYPLIOATION FILED JAN. 5. 190a THE mamas pz-rsns co, WASHINGTON. n. c.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR WATOH-POCKETS.

No. see, 744.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 24, 1907.

Application filed January 5, 1906- Serial No. 294,702.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAURICE M. STRAUSS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety Attachments for Watch-Pockets, of which the following is declared to be a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to a safety attachment for the watch poclcct of garments, such as waist coats, trousers or the like, and seeks to provide a simple, inexpensive device which may be readily secured within the pocket and which will prevent the accidental slipping of the watch from the pocket 01' the felonious withdrawal therefrom.

With these objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction hereinafter set forth, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front view of aportion of a garment with the front side of the pocket therein broken away to illustrate the improved attachment as applied in position within the pocket. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front view of the improved attachment. Fig. 4 is a rear view thereof. Fig. 5 is a top edge view of the same illustrating the manner in which it is secured to the cloth Fig. 6 is a detail section on line 66 of Fig. 4.

The attachment comprises the guard flap (1 that is formed of flexible material, preferably soft leather or the like. The flap is somewhat shorter in length than the pocket for which it is designed and is provided with a slit or hole 7 that preferably extends lengthwise of the flap and the edge of which is provided with stitching 8 to strengthen the material about the slit or hole.

The guard flap is designed to be arranged within the pocket I) of the garment and to be secured at its upper edge along the line of the pocket opening or mouth and at the inner side of the mouth of the pocket. For this purpose, a suitable fastening device is provided that preferably comprises a flat metal strip 0 that is secured along the upper edge of the flap (1 on its inner face and above the slit or hole 7.

Any suitable means may be provided for securing the strip in place and, in the form shown, such securing means comprises prongs 9 extending from the upper and lower edges of the strip a and gripping the material of the flap.

The prongs may be conveniently formed in piece with the plate 0 and those at the upper edge are bent over the upper edge of the flap a while the prongs at the lower edge of the strip extend through the body of the flap and are bent upwardly on its outer face, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. 1

An attaching pin d is secured at one end to the metal strip 0 and the latter is provided at its opposite end with a guard catch 10 that is arranged to engage the free or sharpened end of the pin (2. The metal strip a is also preferably provided with a second catch 11 that is arranged to engage the central portion of the pin 01. These catches are conveniently formed in piece with the flat metal body of the strip 0 and are bent over and extend downwardly from the upper edge of the strip. The guard catch 10, as indicated in Fig. 6, extending from the upper edge of the strip 0, is first bent inwardly and then outwardly so that when the free end of the pin is slipped therein, it will be retained against accidental displacement.

The attachment is secured within the pocket near its front end by weaving the pin d through separate portions of the cloth of the garment at the inner side of the mouth of the pocket, so that, when the pin is engaged with the catches 10 and 11, one portion of the cloth will lie between the end of the pin and the catch 11 and another portion between the catch 11 and the catch 10, as clearly shown in Fig. 5. By this arrangement the safety attachment is securely held within the pocket, cannot move end-wise therein to any great extent and cannot be detached by a pull upon the flap or watchchain. When the watch is in the pocket with its chain passing through the slit or hole 7, the guard flap a will overlie the watch so that it cannot accidentally slip out of the pocket or be snatched therefrom. The slit or opening 7 for the watch-chain is, as shown, preferably arranged near the upper edge of the guard flap just beneath the fastening device so that any strain that is thrown on the watch-chain comes directly upon such fastening device.

The improved attachment may be readily applied and secured in place within any pocket, and when the chain of the watch is placed through the slit or opening, will effectually prevent the accidental or unauthorized displacement of the watch from the pocket, but will not interfere with the proper use of the same.

It is obvious that numerous changes may be made in the details set forth without departure from the essentials of the invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

1. A safety attachment for watch pockets comprising a guard flap of flexible material having a hole therein and means for detachably fastening the same within the pocket, comprising a flat metal strip having means by which it is secured lengthwise to the inner face of said flap adjacent its upper edge and above the hole therein, said strip having a pin secured to one end thereof and a guard catch for the free end of the pin at its opposite end, substantially as de scribed.

2. A safety attachment for watch pockets comprising a guard flap of flexible material having a hole therein and lengthwise to the upper edge of the flap, said strip havinga pin secured to one end thereof and a guardcatch at its opposite end arranged to engage the free end of the pin and a second catch arranged to engage the central portion thereof, said catches being formed in piece with the metal strip and bent over from the upper edge thereof, substantially as described.

4. A safety attachment for watch pockets, comprising a guard flap of flexible material having an opening therein and means for securing the same within the pocket comprising a fiat metal strip having bent prongs at its edges securing the same lengthwise to the upper edge of said flap, said strip having a pin secured at one end thereof and a guardcatch for the free end of the pin at its opposite end formed in piece therewith and bent down from its upper edge, substantially as described. Y

. MAURICE M. STRAUSS.

Witnesses:

HARRY L. CLAPP,

KATHARINE GERLACH. 

